Method of welding alloys to a base metal



Aug. 31, 1937. ME|ER 2,091,871

METHOD OF WELDING ALLOYS TO A BASE METAL Filed Dec. 8, 1936 f [I I IN VEN TOR ERNST MEIER m'romuiy Patenied Aug. 31, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD WELDING ALLOYS TO A BASE METAL ErnstIeienBrunswick-Melveroda Germany asm. to Bralmsehwell' r -Melverod LILBr-mwick llnttenwerk 6: m. e. Germany was... Mbfl' a. use, Serial No. 114,850

- I InGermany November 11, 1935 1 claim.

My invention relates to improvements in the method 01' welding alloys to a base metal, and the object or the improvements is to provide a method which is simple in operation and which may be 5 carried out at low cost. with this oblect I view my invention consists in simultaneously melting metals from which the alloy is to be composed, heating a base metal to which the alloy is to be applied, and allowing the molten metals '10 toflowonthebasemetaltobecoatedthereby. In

the preferred method the base metal is heated so far, that it is likewise partly molten. v

For the purpose of explaining the invention a tool suitable for putting the method into eiiect has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the said drawing showing an elevation of the said tool.

As shown in the'said drawing the tool com p s p r of tones comprising pivotally connected arms d and e which are normally held in work clamping position by a spring I, and which are constructed at their ends with outwardlybmgedportionsqinwhichtherodsaandbmay beclamped. The armdcarriesahandlec.

Thesaidhandleisusedinconnectimwitha suitable support g which the alloy is to be applied, and with a source oIheatsuchasaneIectrlcbatterIiconnected withitspositivetermlnaltothesaidsupportgand with its negativeten'ninaltothetongad, e,

thesupportgbeingmadeiromcomhietivematerial.

Incarryingoutthemethodtherodsaand oi themetaltobe alloyedandtobeapplied the base metal h,!or example rods otiron' copper,areclampedonebesidetheotherbet thearmsdande,andtheyareheldwithth tree ends near the base metal h. 'N otthesaidrodsandthebasemetalharebea iorexamplebymeansoithearcdischarge tweenthesamesoiarthattherodsaand simultaneously molten at their ends, and

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erably also the base metal is molten at its suriaoe. The molten metal dripping from the ends of the rods a and b combines into an alloy and it drops on the base metal h where it is also combined with the molten portions oi the said base metal. 5

. I have found that by this method a uniform coating of alloy is applied to the base metal, and that the said alloy is rigidly combined with the base metal. I

The cross-sections of the rods a and b may be 10 alike, but they may also be dlflerent and in proappliances used in the method For example, in

lieu of an electric are other heating means may 25 be used, such for example as a blow-pipe flame.

I claim:

A method of welding alloys of selectively variable composition upon a metal base comprising thestepsoiseledlngaphiralityotmetallicrods o immagroupotrodsatleastsomeofwhich diilerchemicallyandincrosssectionaiareairom othersotsaidrodasupportingtheselectedrods tly of each other, each with an end adjacent to the corresponding ends of the others 5 andclosetoasurtaceofsaldmetal base,connectingsaidrodsandsaidbaseinanelectric circuit, and establishing-a diiierence oi potential betweensaidrodsandsaidbasesoastocause molten metal Iromeach-odsaidrodstoflow on said suriaoe.

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